Harada Tanenao

Japanese: 原田種直 - はらだ・たねなお

Years of birth: Years of birth and death unknown. A military commander in the late Heian period. Known as Iwato Shokyo and Okura no Daifu. His father was Okura Tanehira. His wife is said to be the daughter of Taira no Yorimori. It is said that he held a territory of 3,700 cho in Chikuzen Province (Fukuoka Prefecture), but this is not certain. He was based in Harada Manor and Iwato-go, and was a powerful official who controlled the oil company in Hakozaki, Hakata, and the trading port of Imazu. During the construction of the Usa Shrine Shikinen in 1158 by Dazai no Daini Taira no Kiyomori, he served as a Dazai no Daikan (Daizai Daikan) and a kohanshi (official sent to collect taxes) from Higo Province, and protected Emperor Goshirakawa when the capital was moved to Fukuhara in 1180. In 1181, he was appointed Dazai no Gon Shoni. He played a part in the Taira clan's control of Chinzei. He welcomed the Heike clan to Dazaifu and played an active role in fighting against Kikuchi Takanao and Minamoto Noriyori, but when the Heike clan was destroyed in the Battle of Dannoura in 1185, he surrendered to the Minamoto clan. He was later pardoned and his territory was confiscated, but it is said that he lived in Ito County, Chikuzen Province. <References> Masaki Kisaburo, "Research on the Dazaifu Territory"

(Kisaburo Masaki)

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Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
平安末期の武将。岩戸少卿・大蔵大夫と称す。父は大蔵種平。妻は平頼盛の娘という。筑前国(福岡県)の所領3700町と伝えるが定かでない。原田荘・岩戸郷を本拠として,博多筥崎の油座を押さえ貿易港今津を支配した有力府官。大宰大弐平清盛による保元3(1158)年の宇佐宮式年造営のとき,大宰大監として肥後国の拒捍使(税を徴収するために派遣される官人)を務め,福原遷都(1180)に際しては後白河法皇を守護し,治承5(1181)年には大宰権少弐に任官。平家の鎮西支配の一翼を担った。平家一門を大宰府に迎え,菊池隆直,源範頼と戦うなど活躍したが,文治1(1185)年壇の浦の戦で平家が滅亡したとき,源氏に降った。のち許されて,所領は没収されたが,筑前国怡土郡に住したと伝える。<参考文献>正木喜三郎『大宰府領の研究』

(正木喜三郎)

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